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Patented May 15, 1888.

Vgitudinal shoulder and inclined planes ema- NITED STATES CHARLES H.BEER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming parte! Letters Patent No. 382,860, dated May 15,1888.

Application filed Mardi 2, 1888.

To all when?, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BEER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Hinge, of which the followingisa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved hinge, and has for its object toprovideahinge whereby a door, shutter, or similar article may be thrownin or out to compensate for shrinkage or warpage in a simple,expeditious, and et fective manner without inserting wedges between thehinge and the article hung.

The invention consistsin providing the under or engaging faces of thehinge with a lonnating from the center and inclined therefrom, and inthe construction and combination ofthe several parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both gures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the hinge attached, and Fig. 2 is atransverse section thereof.

In carrying out the invention, A A represent the wings or leaves ofahinge, united, in the usual manner, by a pintle, B. Each leaf of thehinge is provided with a longitudinal shoulder, ce', produced betweenthe pivotal edge and the outer edge, which shoulder, having a straightouter face, determines the bearing-surface, and consequently the width,of a receiving-recess, b, in the door or shutter and door or windowframe. From the shoulder extends a rib, a, for a purpose hereinafter setforth.

From a central point, d, between the rib and i Serial No. 265,904. (Nomodel.)

outer edges of the leaves the inner surface is inclined in oppositedirections, respectively, to an intersection with the rib and outeredges, producing inclined planes d and di, as best shown in Fig. 2.

Four or more screw-apertures are provided in each leaf, when four areemployed two being formed in the inclined plane d', prefer-` ably nearthe top and bottom, and two at each side of the center in the inclinedplane d2.

Thus, by loosening one set of screws when the hinge is secured inposition and tightening the other set, either inclined plane dor d2 maybe broughtintopositiveengagementwith the door or frame, and theformer bethereby thrown outward or carried inward, as the occasion may demand.

The rib a is of such width as that when the outerinclined plane isengaged the said rib will conceal any space intervening the oppositeinclined surface and the door or frame, as shown in Fig. 2. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ahinge having the under bearingsurface of the leaves inclined inopposite directions from an approximate central point, as and for thepurpose specified.

2. A hinge having the under bearing-surface of the leaves inclined inopposite directions from an approximate central point and a longitudinalshoulder at the termination of the inner incline, substantially as andfor the purpose herein specified.

CHARLES H. BEER.

Witnesses:

J. F. AGREE, J r., EDGAR TATE.

